As we learn in an earlier New York Times’ story, Chinese workers are injured working in iPhone screen factories, and endure “onerous work environments and serious -- sometimes deadly -- safety problems.’’
Bigger profits for Apple account for the bad working conditions, conclude writers Charles Duhigg and David Barboza.
“If you squeeze margins, you’re forcing them to cut safety,’’ says a former Apple executive.
“Right now, customers care more about a new iPhone than working conditions in China,’’ says another former Apple executive.
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